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Weekly Base Oil Price Reports

August 26, 2026

Excel Paralubes communicated a posted price increase, following similar initiatives by other base oil producers since th...

August 25, 2026

The Iranian war has become a prolonged impasse with each side making claims on successes in the ongoing operations, all ...

August 24, 2026

Global availability of base oils remained constrained because of reduced flows from the Middle East and the impossibilit...

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Monthly Base Oil Reports

August Base Oil Report

August 10, 2026

The Light at the End of the Tunnel Will the fragile ceasefire between the United States and Iran hold? Will crude oil an...

July Base Oil Report

July 1, 2026

No end in sight to the chaos in the Gulf....

June Base Oil Report

May 23, 2026

The current upheaval of base oil markets is severe enough to seem mythical except that lubricant producers are feeling ...

May Base Oil Report

May 4, 2026

Base oil supply has tightened and prices skyrocketed since the start of the latest war in the Middle East....

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Join Base Oils Editor Gabriela Wheeler and Executive Editor Tim Sullivan as they discuss this month’s Base Oil Report. The current upheaval of base...

Crude oil and feedstock prices surged to multi-month highs after the United States and Israel launched a coordinated attack over the March 1 weekend a...

Join Base Oils Editor Gabriela Wheeler and Executive Editor Tim Sullivan as they discuss the Base Oil Report. The nightmarish weather forecast that ra...

Gabriela Wheeler discusses some signs that demand for U.S. base oils could improve in coming months, although prices may continue to face downward pre...

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